Cooking with my Kohlrabi

I planted Kohlrabi along with some other cold weather crops in hopes of using my boxes for something in winter. Its tough to find cold crops outside of the obvious onions and garlic that I grow every year. So when it looked about ripe for picking I was left with what do I do with them.

I posted to my friends and one suggested that they can be cooked like a chopped potato. After peeling and removing the root, I chopped them in small pieces.

I spiced them with salt, pepper, garlic salt, red pepper flakes, and some olive oil I had infused with with Habanero peppers. Lined a baking sheet with foil and put them in the oven at 450 degrees. The smell was definitely different than that of potatoes but not bad. A bit earthy like an artichoke and had the taste of a hashbrown.

I made mine like I like my potatoes, a bit well done with a bit of char on them. And I was thankful I did for these. The char added an extra touch of crunch to them. Wish I'd maybe would have left them in for a little longer.

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